Heifetz
Heifetz is a Jewish surname from Belarus and Lithuania. It derives from Hebrew חפץ. It is unrelated to the similar-sounding Arabic name حافظ. It is also spelled Chafets, Chaffetz, Chaifetz, Cheifetz, Chofets. It may refer to:
- Ze'ev Chafets, American-Israeli author and columnist
- Jason Chaffetz, a U.S. Representative from Utah
- Hammond Chaffetz, a U.S. federal prosecutor and partner at Kirkland & Ellis
- Jill Chaifetz, an American lawyer and children's rights advocate
- Israel Meir Kagan, known popularly as the Chofetz Chaim, Lithuanian Jewish rabbi
- Jonathon Hafetz, American lawyer and writer
- Daniel Heifetz, concert violinist and founder of the Heifetz International Music Institute
- Danny Heifetz, American musician, percussionist, grandson of Jascha Heifetz
- Jascha Heifetz, Lithuanian-born American violinist
- Ronald L. Heifetz, American leadership teacher
- Yuri Heifetz, Russian poet and singer-songwriter
- Grigory Kheifets, Soviet KGB agent
- Iosif Kheifits, Soviet film director
